IDF says soldier died in Gaza today; confirms death of Roni Eshel, missing since Oct. 7
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Roni Eshel, an IDF soldier who was stationed at a military base near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked on October 7, 2023. She was murdered in the onslaught. (Courtesy of Eyal Eshel via AP)
The Israel Defense Forces announces that a soldier was killed during fighting against Hamas deep in the Gaza Strip today.
He is named as Master Sgt. (res.) Dov Moshe Kogan, 32, a soldier of the Air Force’s elite Shaldag unit, from the northern community of Nov.
His death brings the toll of slain soldiers in Israel’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip to 35.
Additionally, the IDF says it has identified a soldier killed during the October 7 onslaught, who until now had been listed as missing.
She is named as Sgt. Roni Eshel, 19, an observation soldier in the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps’s 414th unit, from Tzur Yitzhak.
